Thursday, May 3, 2007

ESPN E-ticket - endearing tales from the world of sports

Pat Tillman chucked a lucrative career in the National Football League, to answer his country's call to go fight the war in Afghanistan. He died a hero's death, risking his own life to save a colleague.

Barbaro, a race horse won one of the biggest prizes in American racing - the Kentucky Derby, in his first appearance. He broke his leg in the next race. After an 8 month rescue effort, he was finally put to sleep to ease the pain. His plight brought thousands together and these people continue to share each other's grief long after the horse's death.

Nazareth is a small agro based country town in the US, the kind where everyone knows everyone. People face a difficult future with the land losing fertility and no other means of sustenance available. What keeps them going, however, is the town’s High School girl's basketball team; which has the best record in the country and is well and truly the only reason for the town's being.

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